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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
Right on this road is LITTLE FALLS, 1 mile (200 alt., 5,561 pop.), a prosperous town with 30 industries. Settled by eight Acquackanonk (Passaic) farmers who purchased a huge tract from the Indians in 1711, the community takes its name from nearby rapids of the Passaic River. The LITTLE FALLS LAUNDRY PLANT (open daily 9-5 except Sun.), 101 Main St., housed in three red-brick factory buildings and a modernistic red-brick administration building, is the largest laundry in the world. Its 800 employees use 150,000 tons of soap annually to clean the clothes of 250,000 customers. The United Laundry Workers Union, an independent local organization with support from the Committee for Industrial Organization, struck in May, 1937, against union discrimination. When the township committee passed an ordinance to restrict the union's activities, the 450 strikers hired an airplane to tow a strike banner over northern New Jersey.
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